...spring and hoping for a dry summer. That doesn't stop the patter of promise. "Are these peaches sweet?" asked SharonCook, 58, a retired psychiatric nurse from Augusta. "We made a cobbler from these day before yesterday - delicious...

...King Channell of Aiken and the late Thomas Wesley Channell. Survivors include his sister and her husband, Doug and SharonCook. Memorial services will be held on Friday at 6 p.m., in the Hatcher Funeral Home Chapel. Friends may call on Friday...